Woodbury girls hockey: Royals fall to Park 3-1

The Woodbury girls hockey team kept things close with Suburban East Conference and intra-district rival Park, but fell short, 3-1, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, at Bielenberg Sports Complex.

Park (7-5; 4-4 SEC) scored the first goal of the game to take a 1-0 lead with 3:01 to play in the first period. However, Woodbury (1-10; 0-8 SEC) tied the game 1-1 as Rachel Letsche scored with one second left on the clock in the first period. But, Park scored a goal in the second period and a goal in the third period and kept the Royals out of the net for the remainder of the game to earn the win.

Letsch leads the team in scoring on the year with five points.

Woodbury goalie Kaelan Geisser played one of her best games of the year in the net for the Royals. The sophomore made 31 saves to keep the Royals close.

Next, Woodbury takes on rival East Ridge (2-9-1; 0-7-1 SEC) on Tuesday, Jan. 3. Woodbury is 2-0 historically against the Raptors. Last year Woodbury beat East Ridge 4-0 and 3-1.

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